Down at St. Marks Ale House in the East Village, [Yankees fan] Jonny Kaloudis, 25, said: "The worst would be losing to Boston fans because they're such ignorant, bitter people. They're so used to losing, all they have is hate. There's no humility. That's what we want to see. We want to see humility."

Upon further review, I realize now that the Nike commercial would have worked whether they won or lost. Which makes it an even better commercial. The question is however, if they have a World Series edit where the geezers have heartattacks and die from happiness.... or despair.

What would a Yankees fan know about humility? you want to see a yankee fan with humility, read alex belth's bronx banter. he's a great representative of those of us who grew up during the mattingly era.

Weird. Belth's post thanks someone named William Bragg. But then I'd expect a champion of the common man to be on our side. For all the divisive crap from the bandwagon jumpers on both sides, Yankees fans and Sox fans are pretty much the same people and, in my experience, get along fine in small encounter sessions. When they don't take place in a baseball park.

What a gracious blog entry from Belth. I wouldn't have been one-tenth that classy if it were my team losing in such an excruciating fashion. In fact, I know I haven't been. And as far as the shoe goes, as long as it keeps all the blood inside, it's apparently doing its job. No wonder demand is so high, 2 1/2 months before it gets to the shelves. Damn.

With the upcoming WS I wince at the prospect of hearing about Schilling's foot overdramatized and covered ad nauseum. We will see a split screen of his foot and the rest of the game on every pitch. Then when the Red Sox are batting there will be that stupid ass Scooter cartoon describing his meatball surgery that allows him to pitch. He should have told the media it was a groin injury. Even FOX wouldn't show closeups of his hog...

Post-season baseball as a whole took a downturn when they started advertising behind the batter, on a bluescreen wall behind the plate. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. 90% of the screen is filled with a Viagra commercial telling me it's not good to have an erection for 4 hours. And if you look close you can see the pitcher go into his windup...